See also: taube and tàu bè

German

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eine Taube (Türkentaube / collared dove)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bə/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯.bə]
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  • Hyphenation: Tau‧be
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯bə

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German tūbe, from Old High German tūba, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.

Compare German Low German Duuv, Dutch duif, English dove, Danish due, Swedish duva, Alemannic German Tuub, Yiddish טויב (toyb).

Noun

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Taube f (genitive Taube, plural Tauben, diminutive Täubchen n or Täublein n)

  1. (male or female) a bird of the Columba genus: a dove or pigeon
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Columba
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Etymology 2

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Substantivization of taub (deaf).

Noun

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Taube f (adjectival, definite nominative die Taube, genitive Tauber, definite genitive der Tauben, plural Taube, definite plural die Tauben, masculine Tauber)

  1. female equivalent of Tauber: deaf woman or girl
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Noun

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Taube m

  1. inflection of Tauber:
    1. strong nominative/accusative plural
    2. weak nominative singular

Etymology 3

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From sense 1 (dove).

Proper noun

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Taube m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Taubes or (with an article) Taube, feminine genitive Taube, plural Taubes or Taube)

  1. a surname
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Further reading

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  • Taube” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache